Automobile-lamp-turning apparatus



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A. 6. AND J. S. FRECHETTE. AUTOMOBILE LAMP TURNING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.Z5,19I9. 1,370,957. Pawnted Mar. 8,1921.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED G. FBECHETTE AND JOHN S. FREGHETTE, 0F BARTON, VERMONT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed December 26, 1919. Serial No. 347,425.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ALFRED G. FRE- CHETTE and JOHN S. Fnnorrn'r'rn, citizens of the United States, residin at Barton, in the county of Orleans and btate of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Automobile Lamp Turning Apparatus, of which the followlng is a speclfication, reference being had thereln to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to automobile lampturning apparatus, and the object of the 1nvention is the production of simple and efficient means for turning the headlights or pivotallymounted lamps of an automobile.

Another object of the invention is the improvement of the construction of the coupling or connecting means of the apparatus for turning or swlnging the headlights of an automobile.

With these and other objects in view, my invention comprises certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of an apparatus constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing the sleeve in section.

Fig. 2 is a view looking at the rear of the headlamps, taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4, Fi 2.

Fteferring to the drawings by numerals, 1 designates the frame or body of the automobile or car, and 2 is the steering post. Surrounding the steering post 2 are supporting bands or brackets 3, upon which is mounted the primary rod 4. F ixedly secured to the upper end of rod 4 is the handle 5. Fixedly secured to rod 4, near its lower end, is an arm 6, which arm is provided with an aperture at 7, and rotatably mounted in aperture 7 is angular link 8; the upper end of link 8 is provided with head 9 (Fig. 1), retaining the link 8 upon arm 6, and the lower or outer end of link 8 is also provided with a head 9, keeping the link 8 in the elongated slot 10 of the angular, auxiliary arm 11.- The arm 11 is fixedly secured to the inner end of horizontal shaft 12, which shaft 12 is journaled upon brackets 13. The brack- 1 (Fig. 1). Fixedly secured upon the outer end of shaft 12 is a vertical, beveled gear 14 which meshes with a horizontal, beveled gear 15. The gear 15 is secured to the lower end of the primary, vertical shaft 16, and around shaft 16 is a hollow sleeve 17. This sleeve 17 is integral, at 17" (Fig. 2) with the frame or body 1. The auxiliary vertical shaft 16 ispositioned in a casing 17 ,similar to that in which shaft 16 is positioned, and at the upper and lower ends of these sleeves 17 are placed cone bearings 18 and 19, respectively. The ends of the sleeves are provided with ball raceways 20, and in these raceways are placed balls 21 that constitute bearings; these ball bearings 21 travel upon the cone bearings 18 and 19. The upper bearings 18 are fixedly secured to the vertical shafts 16 and 16, but, by reason of the threading of the shafts at 22 (Fig. 1), the lower bearings 19 may be adjusted as these bearings 19 are threaded upon the threaded portions 22 of the vertical shafts so as to make it possible to adjust the parts to a nicety.

A casing 23 extends through the sleeves (Fig. 1), and mounted in the inner end of the casing 23 is a ball 24, and mounted on the outer end of the casing is a threaded follower 25, between which follower 25 and ball 24 is coil spring 26. By adjusting the follower 25 within the casing 23, pressure on the ball 24 can be governed; the more the follower 25 is threaded inwardly, the greater the pressure on the ball 24, through the medium of the spring 26, the ball having a retarded or frictional braking action on the vertical shaft to revent too free a movement of the shaft.

Upon the upper ends of the shafts 16 and 16 are formed the lamp forks 27, upon which are mounted lamps 28. I make no claim for the specific type of the forks 27,

ets 13 are supported upon the body or frame nor the lamps 28, as any desired form of of a rotatable shaft 31, and fixedly secured to the other end of shaft 31 is a beveled.

portions 33 (Fig. 4), these integral portions 33 being connected at one end to the vertical sleeves or hollow casings 17 and having their other end connected, in each instance,

-to an end of the sleeve or casing 32, thereby producing a. very rigid and durable structure. This'casing or tube 32 may serve as an admirable support for a tag or front s1 n.

l rom the foregoing description, it will be understood that we have described and illustrated the preferred form of our invention, but in the extensive manufacture of our apparatus, certain minor changes or alterations may appear to one skilled in the art to which this invention relates, and, therefore, we reserve the right to make such minor alterations or changes as shall fairly fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a support, a steering post carried by said support, pivotallymounted lamps carried by said support, of brackets upon said post, a rod journaled upon said brackets, a handle secured to said rod, an arm fixedly secured to said rod, a horizontal shaft carried by said support, an auxiliary arm fixedly secured to said shaft, said auxiliary arm provided with an elongated slot, a link pivotally mounted in said first-mentioned arm and also pivotally and slidably mounted in the slot of the auxiliary arm, and means connecting said shaft to said lamps whereby, when the rod is ropost carried by said support, pivotallymounted lamps carried by said support, of a rod rotatably mounted upon said steering post, a handlesecured to the upper end of said rod, an outwardly-extending arm secured to the rod near its lower end, said arm provided with an aperture near its outer end, a horizontal shaft supported upon said support, an auxiliary, angular arm secured to one end of said shaft, said auxiliary arm provided with an elongated slot near its upper-end, an angular connecting link provided with heads at both ends, the upper end of said link extending through the aperture of the first-mentioned arm, and the outer or lower end of said link extending through the slot of the auxiliary arm, and means connecting said shaft to said lamps whereby, when the rod is rotated, said lamps will be moved or swung upon the support.

3. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a support, of vertical, hollow sleeves carried by said support, a hollow, horizontal sleeve spanning the distance,between said vertical sleeves and provided at its ends with outwardly-bowed integral portions integral with said vertical sleeves, lamp -supporting shafts journaled upon said vertical sleeves, gears connected to said vertical shafts, a rod supported in said horizontal sleeve, gears secured to the ends of said rod within portions of the outwardly-bowed connected portions at the ends of the horizontal sleeve, said last-mentioned gears meshing with the gears on said lamp-supporting shafts, and means connected to the lower end of one of said shafts for imparting rotary movement thereto, whereby both shafts will be simultaneously operated.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aflix our signatures.

ALFRED G. FREGHETTE. JOHN S. FREOHETTE. 

